Nowadays, both economists and policy makers have rediscovered the importance of income distribution. In a number of recent papers, even the IMF has warned about the risks stemming from increasing inequalities but the recommendations inferred from its standard theoretical approach do not imply any breakthrough in the policy agenda www.socialeurope.eu
The UK’s vote to leave the EU will not only break the ties between the UK and the bloc, and probably between Scotland and England — it has the potential to destroy the eurozone. This is not the issue at the forefront of people’s minds right now. But it is potentially the biggest impact of […]
Subito dopo i risultati del referendum greco dello scorso 5 luglio 2015 è uscito un articolo sul Washington Post scritto da Jared Bernstein (ex capo economista del vice-presidente Joe Biden e senior fellow di un think tank progressista come il Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) www.glistatigenerali.com
Brexit. Abbiamo superato una soglia nel processo di disgregazione della costruzione europea non a causa del voto britannico, ma perché esso rivela tendenze alla polarizzazione dell’insieme dell’Europa, rivela la sua crisi politica, che è anche morale ilmanifesto.info
What led the English to decide to try and take the whole of the United Kingdom out of Europe? A striking victory for what I dubbed ‘Maggyism’ has taken place. It seeks the “liberation” of Europe from a ‘super-state’, not isolation www.opendemocracy.net
A serious attempt at democracy, in the sense of being able to influence the decisions that affect our lives, can only be done through solidarity with those in the European Union. Interview with Mary Kaldor www.opendemocracy.net
Britain has voted by a substantial margin to leave the European Union. The picture that is emerging is of a heavily polarised country. Geographically, Scotland and London have voted overwhelmingly for remain, but outside the capital, every English region had a majority for leave www.theguardian.com
Una recente pubblicazione del Fondo Monetario Internazionale ha espresso un giudizio negativo su alcune politiche neoliberiste sostenute in passato dallo stesso FMI. Ma al di là dei problemi di coerenza di quest’ultimo, si viene componendo un quadro di conoscenze potenzialmente molto utile per andare oltre gli errori del passato www.eticaeconomia.it
Whatever the outcome of the referendum, it looks like Labour will have lost. There’s a lot of righteous sound and fury on the Brexit-left, but socialism is not about winning a moral argument, or punishing institutions for their actions. It is about finding a better way of living for as many people as possible www.lwbooks.co.uk
Se si eliminassero del tutto i divari territoriali le diseguaglianze complessive si ridurrebbero di pochissimo, perché è molto alta la dispersione dei redditi all’interno delle varie aree. Sulla base di questi risultati è comunque importante non sottovalutare la complessità dei fenomeni alla base della diseguaglianza. www.eticaeconomia.it